The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-04-18
CUMBERLAND oorrSTy.

road without providing additional compensa-
tlon to the land owner, and in so doing COM
mitted no injury.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
The Harrison Farmers Club will hold their
annual fair October and 6.
Mr.. w. B. Woodland took charge of the
Post Office at Brunswick on Tuesday. His
assistants are Miss Affie Drinkwater. a sis
ter Of Mr.. Woodlands wife, and Mr.. Il. p.
Cook.
The next convention of the reform clubs
VIII be held with the club and league at
North Gorham, May 7th and 8th.
KENNEBEc COUNTY.
The venerable j. M. Croker, the Oldest
Mason in Wateryille, was initiated June 26,
1916, and In 1S40 became a Royal Arch
Mason.
Kennebec county is a paradise for tramps.
Last Thursday night eleven were sheltered
IN the lock up and the next morning when
they left. thirteen more took their places.
The Star of the East is all ready to make
her trips to the Kennebec as soon as nayiga-
tion is open and has left her winter quarters
at East Boston and tied up at Lincoln wharf,
Boston, her regular landing place. The COM
pany proposes to afford the very lest facili-
ties for carrying freight and passengers the
coming season. About the first of July, when
the summer travel begins, a steamer, smaller
than the Star, which is to be chartered for
the. purpose, will be placed ON the route and
viii carry freight and passengers, the two
boats making four trips a week. A new
steamer is to be constructed for the company
this season, the plans for which are ali
drawn.
The following ice companies on the Ken
nebec river will begin shipping ice as soon
as the river is open, and are already making
preparations for work: Clark & Chaplin,
Russell of Richmond, b. w. q H. +. Morse
Of Richmond, Haynes & Dewitt of Iceboro,
taala " nl..r n.
Dresden, Haley of South Gardiner, lnde-
pendent of Great Falls, Knickerbocker, Bod
well d Allen. Each concern will work one
gang. There is large amount of ice in
houses on the river, and many vessels will be
required to move it, and consequently bust
ness will be lively.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
The Winslow Packing Company will es-
tablish corn factory at Damariscotta Mills
the coming season.
The house OF j. e. Hastings, on the Mich
ols farm, Bristol, was burned recently In
sured for $1,000
The April term of court will be holden at
Wlscasset, commencing April %. There are
several important cases among which, is
the trial of Clark, the Wiscasset murderer.
There are six county papers that sum up
people OF this county.
PENoBsCoT COUNTY.
The annual session of the East Maine Con-
ference OF the Methodist Church will be held
at Bangor, May 9th.
Mrs. Jane Ryder, an old lady at Orrington,
was 103 years old on the 9TH of last January,
and is not yet helpless from old age. She
lives with her SON. Captain Ryder, who is 70
years old.
sAGADAHoc COUNTY.
This is Baths board of health: E. E.
Brlry, A. D., for the term of three years !;
A. ). Fuller, M. D.. for the term of two
years; J. Nj. Clark, Esq, for the term of one
year.
Capt. Goss says that the prospect is good
Ior considerable work for the New England
6Dnniippullolng Company the coming summer.
BIDS have been put in by the company for
building four large schooners and three big
steamers. lie believes the company will get
some OF these schooners to build. The cap
tam says that all wooden shipbuilding yards
aI wilmington and other places south are
idle, and yet Bath Is building few vessels
and almost sure of goodly increase in num-
Der during the coming summer. The seven
contracts represent about 100000, and
should Bath get them the ship carpenters
VINO went from here to Detroit last winter
will return home
WALDO COUNTY.
The Interstate commerce bill will iniuri-
ousiy affect the town of Brooks Though
rate, many, if not all, of the manufacturers
had been granted special and the increase
Will greatly injure their business. j. II.
Gordon, who manufactures about 5000 doz-
en- pairs of pants per year, says it will oblige
MIN to stop business If he cannot get a rise
in price. III he should fail in this it will
stop $4,000 business, and will greatly dam
age the place generally.
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
The Pleasant Point Indians have hard
work to find suitable material for basket stuff
now. One day last week, Levy Mitchell
was taking aboard his dory, from Milliken's
wharf, Eastport, halt dozen fine ash sticks.
about ten feet long and or inches through
which he had cut sixteen miles above 81
Stephen, and freighted down by rail and
steamer.
YORK COUNTY.
Rev. f. A. Palmer closed his labors with
the Free Baptist church and society in Linn
ington on Sunday, the 10th inst. He has ac-
cepted a call at Ellsworth, Me.